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ethernet card Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)
model: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02)(model id: 901)
possible other names of the device:
Intel® 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor:
Intel Corporation
VendorID:ProductID code of the device:
8086:100e
year of commercialization:
2002
interface:
PCI
tested on:
Trisquel 5.5 Brigantia
tested with the following kernel libre:
3.0.0-17-generic
does it work with free software?
yes
free driver used:
e1000
Description:

lspci -vmmnn

Slot:	01:0c.0
Class:	Ethernet controller [0200]
Vendor:	Intel Corporation [8086]
Device:	82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller [100e]
SVendor:	Dell [1028]
SDevice:	Optiplex GX270 [0151]
Rev:	02

lspci -nnk

01:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller [8086:100e] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Optiplex GX270 [1028:0151]
	Kernel driver in use: e1000
	Kernel modules: e1000
Flow Control

As for kernel 3.11.0-18-generic Flow Control can be disable on this NIC.

To disable
sudo ethtool -A eth0 autoneg off rx off
To check
ethtool -a eth0

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